Identity in narrative : a study of immigrant discourse

Identity in narrative : a study of immigrant discourse / Anna De Fina.

This volume presents both an analysis of how identities are built, represented and negotiated in narrative, as well as a theoretical reflection on the links between narrative discourse and identity construction. The data for the book are Mexican immigrants' personal experience narratives and ch...

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Main Author: De Fina, Anna (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2003]
Series:Studies in narrative ; v. 3.
Subjects:
Mexican Americans > Ethnic identity.
Mexican Americans > Languages.
Mexican Americans > Social conditions.
Immigrants > United States > Language.
Immigrants > United States > Social conditions.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Discourse analysis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Discourse analysis
Immigrants > Language
Immigrants > Social conditions
Mexican Americans > Ethnic identity
Mexican Americans > Social conditions
United States
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Summary:This volume presents both an analysis of how identities are built, represented and negotiated in narrative, as well as a theoretical reflection on the links between narrative discourse and identity construction. The data for the book are Mexican immigrants' personal experience narratives and chronicles of their border crossings into the United States. Embracing a view of identity as a construct firmly grounded in discourse and interaction, the author examines and illustrates the multiple threads that connect the local expression and negotiation of identity to the wider social contexts that fra.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 251 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-248) and index.
ISBN:9781423766360
1423766369
9789027296122
902729612X
9781282255333
1282255339
ISSN:1568-2706 ;
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from electronic title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed December 12, 2019).

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